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LIH 036 (P275111)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | LIH 036 |
|---|---|
| ID | P275111 |
| Museum no. | BM 023144 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na {d}suen-i-din-nam | to Sîn-iddinam |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ha-am-mu-ra-pi2-ma | thus Hammurapi: |
| 4 | _1(gesz2) 3(u) erin2 sza3 erin2_ um-ma-tim | 90 labor-troops, of the laborers of Umma-tim, |
| 5 | sza i-ta-at uri2{ki} | of the debt of Ur, |
| 6 | a-na _ma2-i3-dub 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(asz) sze gur gibil_ | for the boatman 105 gur of new barley |
| 7 | sza ib-ba-nu-u2 | who he created, |
| 8 | a-na u4-bala-a-ni-nam-he2 | in perpetuity |
| 9 | i-di-in | gave. |
| 10 | u3 _mu-da-sa2_ sza _erin2_ szu-a-[ti] | and the wages of those troops |
| 11 | sza a-na _ma2-i3-dub_ ta-na-ad#-[di-nu] | which you gave to the sailor |
| 12 | szu#-bi-lam#-[ma] | send me! |
| 13 | [i]-na# _dub mu-da-[sa2_] | on the tablet of Madasa |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza _aga-us2-[mesz_] | of soldiers |
| 2 | li-in-na-si#-ih | may it be dispersed. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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